Meaning of the nameTom
- Male
- Tom
Tom is a short masculine name, treated as a diminutive of Antônio by Wiktionary and as a form of Tomás by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil).
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,739 people named Tom, the 5,637th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 8, and the largest group was born in 2020 to 2022. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.
Meaning
The meaning of Tom is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,739
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,637
- Median age
- 8 years
- 2010 Census
- 744
- people
Tom in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Tom, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (556 people).
0 women 1,723 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Tom is most common
States with the highest share of people named Tom in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 525 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 315 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 116 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 109 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 94 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 73 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 68 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 60 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 50 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 47 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 43 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 33 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 30 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 27 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 24 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 19 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 18 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Tom
The sources differ on the base of Tom: Wiktionary gives it as a diminutive of Antônio, equivalent to English Tony, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links it to Tomás, distinguishing it from Ton, from Greek Thon, although they are homophones. According to Wiktionary, Tomás comes from Latin Thōmās and Greek Θωμᾶς, from an Aramaic word glossed as 'twin', and Antônio comes from Latin Antonius. The dictionary lists Thom, Thon and Ton as spelling variants. More than half of the people registered were born in the 2010s and 2020s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,739 people named Tom, with a median age of 8. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Tom · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tom · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Tomás · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Antônio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Tom
What does the name Tom mean?
The meaning of Tom is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Tom in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,739 people with the first name Tom, which ranks it number 5,637 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.
Is Tom a boy's or a girl's name?
Tom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,723 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Tom most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.002% of the state's population is named Tom (315 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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